Category: Classics
December 29th, 2016 marked the centenary of legendary writer James Joyce’s first novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Written in a modernist style, the novel is …
If you didn’t read the first post in this series, then you should know one thing right up front: my opinion of “helpful” literary analysis websites like Sparknotes, GradeSaver, and Schmoop …
Strong and silent? Witty and charming? Bad boy with a troubled past? Which mythological Greek hero would you go for? And more interestingly, which hero would want you as …
So, apparently the Narnian timeline decided to just say, “Nah. I’ll just do my own thing from now on.” In the words of the author himself in our present …
Lacey Kupfer Wulf
January 10, 2017
Book Lists, Book Lovers, Chick Lit, Classics, Human Interest, Jane Austen, Literary Fiction, Literary Quotes, Romance, Unpopular Opinions
I am a Jane Austen character. Well, sorta. Aside from the two-hundred-year gap and the fact that they are fictional, I feel right at home with those ladies. I’m …
While there might be a plethora of children’s classics to read, both old and new, it is always an adventure to “travel” overseas with literature that has reached an …
Attention all high school and college students: if you really want to shine in the next class discussion, or get a good grade on your upcoming literary analysis essay, you’ll …
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall is not a particularly famous or well known novel amongst general reading circles. Written in 1928, three years after The Great Gatsby, …
Rebecca Ogle
January 8, 2017
Book News, Book Publishing Companies, Classics, Contemporary, Drama, Gillian Flynn, Literary Fiction, New Releases, Performing Arts, Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
Last year seemed like the year of celebrity deaths. Coincidentally, it was also the 400-year anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Hogarth Shakespeare pulled out all the publishing stops to commemorate …
Authors taking inspiration from real life is nothing new. Fyodor Dostoevsky did it with Crime and Punishment, Truman Capote did it with In Cold Blood…heck, the writers at Law & …
Did you solve all of Golum’s riddles before you even read Bilbo’s answers? Are you the wittiest of all Ravenclaws? Or is wit beyond measure just a little out of …
I was intrigued to read about author Nofundile Mayathula-Memani who received her first publishing contract at the age of 80. Now 84, she’s just published her fifth book. The …
We’ve all become used to using emojis as an unofficial second language in texting–they’re so cute and funny! But Kristina Semenova, creator of the Vaikon emoji book series, is puting …
Virtually everybody has heard of Frankenstein in some form or another- whether it’s from one of the many movie adaptations or as a Halloween costume classic, but it is often …
Lacey Kupfer Wulf
January 3, 2017
Author Spotlight, Children, Classics, Family, Faves, Human Interest, Humor, Poetry, Reading, Shel Silverstein
Other than The Giving Tree and a few of his poems that are blatantly serious, anyone can tell that Shel Silverstein writes silly poems from just the covers of …
It’s fair to say that virtually everyone who loves to read has at the very least heard of the Brontë sisters. The genius of Charlotte, Emily and Anne brought …
Everyone seems to be posting about book challenges. Maybe it’s the time of the year. I can’t keep up with all the books I want to read, never mind …
YouTube Channel: Alltime10s From the Description: Books can give us amazing insights into our past and present, but what about our future? From ‘1984’ that predicted our mass surveillance culture, …
YouTube Channel: The Book Castle Join Alice, from The Book Castle on YouTube, as she shares her Penguin English Library Book Collection! Books Mentioned By Alice: Moby Dick by Herman …
Most students have become accustomed to the usual assigned reading texts that are based in Europe and America. But rarely do books set in Asia, Africa, or Latin America …